Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Characterization, or ''typing," of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for purposes of ...

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